A Lebanon County man wanted in a fatal hit-and-run is now back behind bars after a major mix-up that released him from prison.

A Lebanon County man wanted in a fatal hit-and-run is now back behind bars after a major mix-up that released him from prison.

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Updated: 6:20 PM EDT Sep 15, 2016

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WEBVTT REPORTER: COURT PAPERS INDICATES A CLERICAL ERROR LED TO CHAD COLLINS BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON INLANCASTER COUNTY. WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRANSFEERED TO PRISON HERE, TONIGHT THEYRE LOOKING FOR ANSERE ABOUT HOW THE MISTAKE HAPPENED >> SORRY REPORTER: THIRTY-YEAR-OLD CHAD COLLINS APOLIGIZED TO THE VICTIMS FAMILY AS OFFICERS LED HIM BACK TO THE LEBANON COUNTY PRISON HE WILL BE SENTENCED IN TWO WEEKS FOR THE HIT AND RUN DEATH OF LISA THOMAS IN PALMYRA LAST OCTOBER >> SHE MEANT A LOT TO ME REPORTER: CHRISTI DAUBERT BECAME UPSET WHEN SHE LEARNED COLLINS HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE LANCASTER COUNTY PRISON BY MISTAKE LAST MONTH HIS WHEREABOUT UNKNOWN FOR NEARLY TWEWNTY DAYS BEFORE INVESTIGATORS LCOATED HIM HE HAD BEEN SERVING TIME THERE FOR AN UNRELATED CHARGE. BECASUE OF THAT ARREST HIS BAIL IN THE PALMRYA HIT AND RUN WAS REVOKED, AND HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN PRISON, >> NOT SURE WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION OCCURRED REPORTER: THE LEBANON COUNTY D.A.S OFFICE IS LOOKING INTO WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION OCCURRED THAT ALLOWED HIM TO GO FREE WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE BEHND BARS HE'S DUE TO BE SENTENCED TO AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR

Man wanted in fatal hit-and-run mistakeningly released from prison

A Lebanon County man wanted in a fatal hit-and-run is now back behind bars after a major mix-up that released him from prison.